Honeywell has lately come with a model called the Honeywell Lyric Round Wi-Fi Thermostat that automatically controls heating and cooling system without your intervention. But that does almost every digital thermostat. What separates it from the crowd is that it can be operated through your smart phone. So now you can set the temperatures of you’re A/c by sitting at office. It integrates with Samsung Smart Things, Apple Home Kit, and Apple Watch. Although the design of the thermostat is relatively unexciting compared to Honeywell’s classic thermostat, which served as the design inspiration here,; here it is not looks but the performance. Let’s take a look at its top features:
• Previously you will set a temperature of your HVAC for particular times. Say, it should crank up a certain degrees higher, when you come home on winter evenings. But what if you come home early? The whole scheduling phenomenon fails there. It is here that Lyrics wins. It does not go by schedule but tracks a person’s habits, preferences, and dislikes. After a while, the thermostats get used to your day-to-day dealing with the HVAC such as when you turn the air up, when you turn it down. It tracks your usual hours at the house and also those that you spend outside. Accordingly it will direct the heating and cooling unit to do its job. It uses a technology called geofencing. Through this it can see where you are (if you are within its perimeter). It will accordingly adjust your heating and cooling systems so that it is the perfect temperature when you arrive.
Says Tony Uttley, vice president and general manager at Honeywell Home Comfort & Energy Systems, "There’s nothing to learn, no schedule to remember. If you have a day you’re home at 6 and one you’re home at 10, it’ll all work out."